Peck was released from the Volusia County Jail after posting $6,500 bail.

He was fired Aug. 20 from his job at the Orlando office for the Publishing Co. of North America. The company's headquarters is in Lake Helen.

Police said Peck called the main office at 186 PCNA Parkway six days after he was fired and demanded $25,000. Otherwise, he said, he would sue the company for civil rights violations and discrimination, police said. He also claimed to have evidence that money had been embezzled, police said.